Yuriko

Yuriko

Yuriko Koike, a politician
Pronunciation	Yúriko
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Yuri Yurika Yurie

Yuriko (ゆりこ, ユリコ, ゆり子) is a common Japanese given name, used for women.

Written forms

Yuriko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 百合子, "lily, child"
• 由里子, "reason, hometown, child"
• 由利子, "reason, benefit, child"
• 由李子, "reason, plum, child"
• 優梨子, "tenderness, pear, child"
• 有里子, "possess, hometown, child"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Real people

with the given name Yuriko

• Yuriko Backes, a Luxembourgish diplomat and politician
• Alisa Yuriko Durbrow (ユリコ), a Japanese model, actress, and singer
• Angela Yuriko Smith, Ryukyuan-American writer and publisher
• Yuriko Chiba (千羽 由利子), a Japanese animation director
• Yuriko Doi, choreographer and stage director
• Yuriko Fuchizaki (渕崎 ゆり子), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuriko Fujii (born 1972), Japanese boccia player
• Yuriko Hanabusa (1900–1970), Japanese actress
• Yuriko Handa (百合子), a Japanese volleyball player
• Yuriko Hirohashi (広橋 百合子; 1916–1977), Japanese high jumper
• Yuriko Hishimi (ひし美 ゆり子), a Japanese actress
• Yuriko Hoshi (1943–2018), Japanese actress
• Yuriko Ishida (石田 ゆり子), a Japanese actress
• Yuriko Kaida (貝田 由里子), a Japanese singer
• Yuriko Kajiya (百合子), a Japanese ballerina
• Yuriko Kikuchi (née Amemiya, 1920–2022), a Japanese American dancer
• Yuriko Kimura, Japanese dancer
• Yuriko Kobayashi (祐梨子), a Japanese middle distance runner
• Yuriko Koike (小池 百合子), a Japanese politician
• Yuriko Kotani, Japanese comedian
• Yuriko Kuronuma (ユリ子), a Japanese violinist
• Yuriko Miki (born 1989), Japanese retired badminton player
• Yuriko Miyamoto (宮本 百合子), a Japanese novelist
• Yuriko Mochizuki (望月 百合子), a Japanese anarcha-feminist
• Yuriko Nakamura (由利子), a Japanese composer and pianist
• Yuriko Nanahara (born 1972), Japanese gymnast
• Yuriko Ono (born 1989), Japanese actress
• Yuriko Osawa (born 1996), Japanese synchronized swimmer
• Yuriko Renardy, Japanese mathematician
• Yuriko Saito (born 1953), Japanese philosopher
• Yuriko Shima (島 由理子), Japanese footballer
• Yuriko Shiratori (百合子), a Japanese gravure idol, tarento and actress
• Yuriko Takagi (高木 百合子, 1923–2024), later Princess Mikasa of Japan
• Yuriko Takahashi (高橋 百合子; born 1973), Japanese weightlifter
• Yuriko Takeshita (竹下 百合子; born 1988), Japanese slalom canoeist
• Yuriko Tiger (born 1993), Italian-Japanese cosplayer and promotional model
• Yuriko Yamaguchi (山口 由里子), (born 1965) a Japanese voice actress
• Yuriko Yamaguchi, a Japanese American sculptor
• Yuriko Yamamoto (山本 百合子), a Japanese voice actress
• Yuriko Yoshitaka (吉高 由里子), a Japanese actress

Fictional characters

with the given name Yuriko

• Yuriko Omega (百合子Ω), the commando unit of the Empire of the Rising Sun in the real-time strategy video game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
• Yuriko Oyama (ユリコ・オヤマ, also known as Lady Deathstrike), a Marvel Comics villain
• Yuriko Star (ユリコ), a character in the manga and anime series The Irresponsible Captain Tylor
• Yuriko Janetson is the name of the narrator's daughter in Joanna Russ's short story "When It Changed"
• Yuriko Suzuhina is the name of the cross dressing version of Accelerator by Kamijou Touma in the To Aru Majutsu no Index.
• Yuriko Edogawa, a character from Ultra Q
• Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow is a card from the Magic: The Gathering trading card game.
• Yuriko Nishinotouin, Head of the Traditional Culture Research Club at Hyakkou Private Academy in the anime Kakegurui.
• Yuriko Kogami, a character from Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation

See also

• Yuriko (publishing house)
• Yuri (Japanese name)
• 13146 Yuriko, a Main-belt Asteroid